David Copperfield: Crime Fighter!

This is too good to not post about. This just appeared on the news feed. Check it out for yourself.

Copperfield Magically Foils Robbery
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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (April 26) - Illusionist David Copperfield escaped getting robbed.

After his show at a West Palm Beach performing arts center Sunday Copperfield was walking with two female assistants back to their tour bus when four teenagers pulled up in a black car and two demanded the group's belongings, according to police.

An assistant handed over $400 from her pockets while the other gave up her purse with 200, $100, her passport, plane tickets and a cell phone. Copperfield refused to empty his pockets, the report said.

Copperfield says he turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing in them, even though he was carrying his passport, wallet and cell phone.

"Call it reverse pick-pocketing," Copperfield told The Palm Beach Post for its Wednesday editions.

When the alleged robbers left in the car, Copperfield read the license plate number to an assistant while she called 911.

Four teenagers were arrested shortly after and the assistants' property recovered. They were charged with armed robbery and are being held without bond.

Three of the alleged robbers are 17, while the fourth, Dwayne Riley, is 18-years-old.

Now, THAT is precisely what Master Magicians should be doing. Using their magic to fight crime. You know, "With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility". Granted, all he did was protect his wallet and cell phone, but he DID call in their license plate number. If ONLY he would've made some leopards appear in a nearby trashcan and have them attack the nogoodniks!
Or tied them up with a rope of never-ending scarves that he produced from his pants zipper!

This is one of those news articles when "The World That We Actually Live In" intersects with "The World I Would Like To Live In."

I have a new respect for Copperfield. That man is AMAZING! I bet this absolutely ruined David Blaine's day.

Cheers,
Mr.B